@JustAnElectrician:
Thank you so much for the warm welcome:) I am very happy to be here and I hope that one day I can help contribute to this wonderful project. Also I want to thank Imhotep for sharing his hard work.
@mbrownn:
You have been so helpful! I plan on building my IRO tomorrow evening. I really still do not have a good grasp on the IRO but I think I have enough to get started.
I do understand now that this device is so much more then just a simple battery charger. If I am not mistaken is this not more efficient then other methods of charging?
YES. I have charged all types of batteries, with great success. Alkaline, button cell, old style carbon zinc dry cells,
lead acid, silver cell (1) and Li-Ion is next for me It seems like from what I have read, that this will give you even more capacity on the dead battery after 5 or more charges. Is that correct?
YES, but it's best to use ONLY radiant charge thereafter.
It charges faster too. Lead acid, for example, should be down to 1.7V per cell then radiant charged. (10V on a 12V battery) You also mentioned that the back EMF helps charge the battery so if that is the case the IRO is really already at a 1:1.5 ratio correct?
Yes and no, the back EMF is around 50% but that is all you can measure
the Radiant charge can be over 100% rate if the batt's are "conditioned"
Even my old sulfated batt's seem to charge @ 100% or higher
but I have not run good testing yet, just still trying to get
the darn RS275-001's "modified" NC contacts to hold up
I am working on a fix for this, need a good camera to show the peeps
how it's done, cuz I have a better mod for the NC contact Would it be possible to charge lower volt battery's? For example I have a battery pack of 4 AA's can I charge them? Or do you have to have a 12 v on the receiving end?
Absolutely!!! And I have not even had an over-charge or hot
battery from the IRO! It seems like it is totally self-regulating.
I have charged 1 (one) 1.5 volt button cell! Thank you all so much for the help.
Should start it this week.